Dates are currently being added to the 2008 and 2009 calendars. Please continue to check the website and join our email list for updates.
For more information on Dr. Brown's lectures and workshops, visit our Speaking Information page. Thank you!
January 2008
Jewish Federation Breakfast for Business and Professional Women
Houston, Texas
1/10/
The Houston Seminar
The Pursuit of Perfection: I Thought It Was Just Me
1/9 and 1/12
For more information, click here.
Houston Group Psychotherapy Society
Houston, Texas
1/11
For more information, click here.
Interview with Jean Chatzky
Oprah and Friends XM Radio
1/29
February 2008
Methodist Hospital
Palliative Medicine Grand Rounds
Empathy, Vulnerability and Shame Resilience: Developing Meaningful Connections with Patients and Families
Houston, Texas
2/12
The Jung Center – Distinguished Lecturer series - Houston, TX
Empathy: The Heart of Connection
2/23
This is a one day workshop open to the public.
For more information, call 713.524.8096
March 2008
Women's Studies Week
University of Houston Clear Lake
Lecture and Book Signing
3/3
St. Andrew's Episcopal School
The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting: Raising Children with Courage, Compassion and Connection
Austin, Texas
3/6
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Diocese of Northwest Texas Deacons' Retreat
Amarillo, TX
3/27 - 3/30
April 2008
Nobel Women's Initiative Planning Meetings
Fredericksburg, VA
4/7-4/9
The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting: Raising Children with Courage, Compassion and Connection
presented by the Houston Seminar
April 22, 2008
The Children's Museum of Houston
Tickets for this lecture are now available
July 2008
Methodist Hospital System
Women's Health
Weekend Retreat
Tapatio Springs Resort
July 11-13
"I Thought It Was Just Me"
The Omega Institute for Holistic Studies
Rhinebeck, NY
July 25 - 27
August 2008
Risk Reduction Nurses' Education Day
Methodist Hospital
Texas Medical Center
8/2
September 2008
Women & Courage:
Expressing Women's Wisdom in the 21st Century
featuring Queen Afua, Isabel Allende, Tara Brach, Brené Brown, Rachel Fleischman, Carla Goldstein, Ubaka Hill, Elizabeth Lesser, Christiane Northrup, Sarah Peter, Kavitha Rao, Barbara Tannenbaum, Loung Ung
The Omega Institute for Holistic Studies
Rhinebeck, NY
September 12-14
Morelock Pastoral Care Symposium
Memorial Hermann Hospital Clinical Pastoral Education
Houston, TX
9/19
October 2008
Utah's 30th Annual Fall Substance Abuse Conference
Keynote and workshop
Davis Conference Center
Layton, Utah
10/3
12th National Conference of Women Working in Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Keynote and workshop
Des Moines, Iowa
10/26-10/27
November 2008
NATIONAL 2-DAY TRAINING FOR THE CONNECTIONS CURRICULUM
sponosored by The Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston
11/7 - 11/8
Houston, TX
More information will be posted on this event on 6/1
Minnesota's 5th Annual Statewide Conference on Female Offenders
University of Minnesota - St. Paul Campus
11/11-11/13
2009 Events
Alamo Heights High School
Parent, Student, Teacher Organizataion
San Antonio, Texas
2/17 - 2/18
Hazelden Women Healing
Honolulu, Hawaii
3/13 - 3/14
For more information, click here.
Hazelden Women Healing Conference
Minneapolis, MN
4/17 - 4/18
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Hazelden Women Healing Conference
Tampa, FL
5/15 - 5/16
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Hazelden Women Healing Conference
Seattle, WA
10/9 - 10/10
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Hazelden Women Healing Conference
White Plains, NY
10/30 - 10/31
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Southwest Association of Episcopal Schools
Annual Conference
Houston, TX
11/5 - 11/7
Hazelden Women Healing Conference
Chicago, IL
12/4 - 12/5
For more information, click here.
2007 Past Events
Hazelden Women Healing Conference
Chicago, IL
11/30 - 12/1
For more information, click here.
The University of Maryland School of Social Work
11/2
For more information, For more information, click here.
Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools 2007 Conference
Empathy and Shame: Where Connection and Learning Begin and End
Westin Hotel Galleria, Houston, TX
11/9 - 11/10
Hazelden Women Healing Conference
10/26 - 10/27
White Plains, NY
For more information, click here.
Baylor College of Medicine
Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Grand Rounds
10/17
River Oaks Babtist Church
"How Big is Your Fig Leaf?"
Lecture and Discussion
Houston, TX
10/18
For more information, call 713-622-0570
The Jung Center – Distinguished Lecturer series - Houston, TX
Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame
10/13
This is a one day workshop open to the public.
For more information, call 713.524.8096
Shell Oil - 2007 SEA Shell GLBTS Network Annual Learning Conference
Houston, Texas
10/12
9th Annual Protecting Texas Children Conference - 2007
"The Role of Shame in Risk to Children"
Houston, TX
10/2
Hazelden Women Healing Conference
San Francisco, CA
9/28 - 9/29
For more information, click here.
Omega Institute and V-Day’s Women, Power and Peace Conference
Omega Institute
Rhinebeck, NY
9/14-9/17
For more information, visit The Omega Institute.
The Council on Alcohol and Drugs - Houston
Exploring Shame & Building Resilience: A New Psychoeducational Approach for Helping Men, Women, Couples and Families Develop Shame Resilience
7/20
Houston, TX
For more information, call 281.200.9113
The State Associations of Addiction Services National Conference for Executive and Senior Managers in Addiction Services
Plenary - "The Only Constant is Change: Developing Connection and Courage in Overstressed and Anxious Organizations"
7/10
Chicago, IL
Nobel Women’s Initiative
Women Redefining Peace: The Middle East & Beyond
Galway, Ireland, 29-31 May 2007
For more information, visit www.nobelwomensinitiative.org.
Hazelden Women Healing Conference
Tampa, FL
5/18 - 5/19
For more information, click here.
Gender: The Unnecessary Divide
Moderator: Laura Nichol
Panelists: J. Pittman McGehee, Dr. Brené Brown, Laura W. Folse, Dr. Elias Bongmba
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Houston, Texas
5/6
For more information, click here and visit the announcements section.
Hazelden Women Healing Conference
Minneapolis, MN
4/20 – 4/21
For more information, click here.
Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies
Women, Shame and Resilience
Faculty Lecture
4/19
For more information, click here.
Exploring Shame and Building Resiliance: A Psycho-Educational Approach for Helping Men, Women, Couples and Families.
Boise, ID
4/12
For more information, visit MEDS-PDN.
Exploring Shame and Building Resiliance: A Psycho-Educational Approach for Helping Men, Women, Couples and Families.
Portland, OR
4/11
For more information, visit MEDS-PDN.
30th Annual Governor's Conference on Substance Abuse
Des Moines, Iowa
Keynote Address
Embracing Change with Courage, Compassion and Connection
4/10
For more information, visit Iowa Training Resources.
Girl Scouts of America
San Jacinto Council
3/31
Houston Area Marriage and Family Therapists
Connections: Shame Resilience Curriculum
The United Way
3/29
Brigid's Hope
Christ Church Cathedral
Closed workshop
Dunn Center
Houston, TX
3/28
Harris County Hospital District
Practicng Empathy with Difficult Patients and Families
The United Way
3/20
Alamo Heights High School
Parent, Student, Teacher Organizataion
Substance Abuse Prevention Day
San Antonio, Texas
3/9
The Jung Center – Distinguished Lecturer series - Houston, TX
Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame
This is a four-week course open to the public.
For more information, click here.
Reading and Book Signing
The Twig Book Shop
5005 Broadway
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Tel: 210.826.6411
2/28
Reading and Book Signing
Brazos Bookstore
2421 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
Tel: 713.523.0701
2/27
I Thought It Was Just Me
Lecture and Discussion
University of Houston
Women's Resource Center
2/13
For more information, visit www.uh.edu/wrc/
Empathy and Shame:
Where Character Education and Learning Begin and End
Workshop for Education Professionals
Portland, OR
2/9
For more information, visit MEDS-PDN.
Empathy and Shame:
Where Character Education and Learning Begin and End
Workshop for Education Professionals
Chicago, IL
2/8
For more information, visit MEDS-PDN.
Reading and Book Signing
Women and Children First Bookstore
5233 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60640
Tel: 773.769.9299
2/7
Lecture and Discussion
Brigid's Hope
Christ Church Cathedral
Closed workshop
Dunn Center
Houston, TX
2/4